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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992
FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS AT AIRPORT RAILWAY
THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION WILL CONSULT CONCERNED BODIES, INCLUDING THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, ON THE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS WHEN CONSIDERING THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THE AIRPORT RAILWAY.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL
LEUNG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG, MR LEUNG SAID THE AIRPORT RAILWAY COMPRISED THE AIRPORT EXPRESS WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE AIRPORT TRAFFIC; AND THE LANTAU LINE, A DOMESTIC SERVICE SIMILAR TO EXISTING MTR SERVICES.
"THE AIRPORT EXPRESS WILL HAVE FACILITIES HANDICAPPED AND THE ELDERLY, HE SAID.
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THESE INCLUDED CONVENIENT SAME-LEVEL INTERCHANGE WITH OTHER TRANSPORT MODES, SPACE TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN AIRPORT EXPRESS CARRIAGES FOR WHEEL CHAIRS, AND SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED WHERE RESTROOMS ARE PROVIDED WITHIN STATIONS.
MR LEUNG SAID CONSIDERATION IS ALSO BEING GIVEN ΤΟ THE NEEDS
OF PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND BLIND PEOPLE.
SPECIAL MARINE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT DURING FESTIVE FIREWORK DISPLAY
THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE A NUMBER OF ARRANGEMENTS DURING THE FIREWORK DISPLAY IN THE COMING LUNAR NEW YEAR TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VESSEL MOVEMENTS AND HENCE REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF MARINE ACCIDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG KAM- HO, MRS CHAN LISTED OUT A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO BE TAKEN ON THE DAY OF THE DISPLAY TO CONTROL THE CONGREGATION OF VESSELS:
* A CLOSED AREA, WHERE THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY BARGES ARE LOCATED, WILL BE ESTABLISHED. ALL UNAUTHORISED VESSELS WILL
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BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THIS ALEA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM;
ALL SCHEDULED FERRY SERVICES USING FERRY PIERS BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM 7:30 PM TO 9 PM. HONG KONG/MACAU AND HONG KONG/CHINA FERRY SERVICES AND FOREIGN-GOING VESSELS IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED OR DIVERTED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, DURING THIS PERIOD;
/*SMALL VESSELS